I just have to say something about Shelties! My Finnigan is an active dog who loves to be outside running in his yard, but he loves to lie by the fire too.
And as for the fur? it is there in a bundance, all over the place! BUT he has needed TWO baths in his five years with us and smells like fresh air every day! I have a scnauzer that needs weekly baths and stinks by the second day! Fur I can vacuum... smell we have with us always!